BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC The world’s most beloved nanny flies high again this weekend at Dorman Theatre in an ambitious, elaborate and sweet production of “Mary Poppins” that umbrellas down is the best deal in town this Easter weekend. This...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC This review is dedicated to my friend Austin Smith. The Mill Town Players are back this month with one of the company’s finest show this season, “Pump Boys and Dinettes.” Tidy and succinct, entertaining and emotional,...
BY STEVE WONGDRAMA CRITIC So when 53-year-old Johnny puts a gun to his head, did his “life flash before his eyes” or did some supernatural force punch a hole in the time and space continuum? However he got there, the...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Hey, I am a kid of the disco era! The Younts Center for the Performing Arts caps off its season of musicals with an ambitious mounting and Upstate premiere of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” Epic...
BY SANDY STAGGSARTS CRITIC In the same vein of the company’s longtime “DanSynergy” series, Ballet Spartanburg returns to its collaborative roots in the woman-centric “#collectiveworks,” a program of innovative contemporary dance that literally took a village to mount. Artistic Director...
BY SANDY STAGGSDRAMA CRITIC Photo by Tony Penna It’s not every day the Upstate gets to experience a world premiere play, especially at a professional theatre. But the Warehouse Theatre is a high profile regional house and Greenville reaps the...
